From powerbrokers to troublemakers, here’s who you need to know in the European Parliament.

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EVELYNE GEBHARDT

GERMANY

NATIONAL CHAMPION

European Parliament

Along with Kaja Kallas, Gebhardt is rapporteur for the digital single market. Gebhardt was rapporteur a decade ago for the eventually watered-down EU Services Directive, the last major expansion of the EU’s single market rules into the sector of the economy that dominates: services. Gebhardt coordinates the Socialists’ positions on Parliament’s single market committee, IMCO.

NAME: Evelyne Gebhardt

COUNTRY: Germany

TRIBE: Party powerbroker

POLITICAL GROUP: Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats

POSITION: IMCO socialist coordinator

GENDER: Female

AGE: 62

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